Just noticing that the MFY are 7 games behind the (Saintly) Rays.
What up, Toronto? Thought this was your year?
Whew, almost a third of the season gone. Time flies.
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-04 05:30:03 +0000
Kid phenom Joba Chamberlain was all sorts of overrated tonight.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-06-04 13:27:46 +0000
I'll pose the question to those who know baseball better: I was under the impression Joba was supposed to be Rivera's successor. Now the hyperbolic media has made him into a combination of Koufax, Clemens and Young. What are the Yankees thinking? And while I'm here, is Alex Rodriguez this generation's Don Mattingly?
Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-06-04 13:54:30 +0000
A-Rod v. Mattingly: similar in that they're terrific ballplayers who played for the Yankees and failed to get a WS ring. Mattingly was a career Yankee, though. A-Rod (like Giambi and Mussina) went for the money and the ring. Mattingly stuck around, and the Yankees weren't very good for a lot of his tenure.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-06-04 16:07:57 +0000
Mattingly played in (count 'em) one playoff series, where he went 10 for 24 with 3 runs and a homer.
Kinda sad really.
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-04 17:14:30 +0000
The Hutt was being groomed as the next Mariano before they Yankees started sucking wind and Hank Steinbrenner hit the panic button.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-06-04 17:54:29 +0000
Yeah, that's what I thought. So why the panicking?
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-04 17:58:18 +0000
Injuries, last place: the basement era.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-06-05 13:37:38 +0000